Active Members of January!!!

Active Members of the Month of January!

College Buddy Pair: Matt Granum and Johnny Haines

Matt has been a part of Best Buddies since last year, so he has been buddies with Johnny for a long time! One thing so great about this friendship is that it is an equal one in which both people take initiative in contacting in each and spending quality time with each other. For the month of January, Matt and Johnny spoke on the phone almost everyday. They also went race car driving and played nintendo at Matt's house. As you can see, these people are enriching each others lives and they show creativity in the activities they love to do~! Matt has attended a lot of our group activities this year, including our meetings, the Block Party, the Ice Cream Social, the January Dance, and the First Matching Social of October. Matt and Johnny came up with the idea of the the Ice Cream Social and Matt has also generously let us have our ice cream social at his house. This is greatly appreciated!

Johnny Haines has been an active part of Best Buddies since it started at UCR in 2003. He is very sociable and is our current Buddy Director. Over the years, Johnny has made good friends with many college buddies and associate members, especially the three college buddy directors. He is a very responsible officer, helping us by making phone calls to members, gathering ideas for group events, attending the summer leadership conference, and coming to our meetings and group events. We cannot think of one group event in which Johnny did not attend!

Associate Member of January: Khoa Pham!

If you know Khoa, you will know that he is a very cheerful person. His smile would brighten up your day. Khoa always keeps a good attitude and has been active with us since he joined in October of 2005~! We are happy to say that Khoa is the active member of January, having attended events like our October Matching Social and our January Dance. In October, Khoa volunteered to lead our members on a bus tour so that college buddies who do not have cars would be able to use public transportation to spend time with their buddies. Khoa also volunteered to sell Valentine Cards in the case we could not find anyone. Thank you Khoa for everything you do!

Remember at the end of the year we will pick the college buddy, buddy, and associate member of the year! We will only be picking from the pool of active members that we recognize every month.